Schröder Surname

2,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 193,724 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Schröder Surname User-submission:

Schröder is a German surname, meaning 'tailor'.

Schröder Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany188,8591:42617
Austria1,0571:8,0561,021
Sweden1,0111:9,740865
Switzerland5821:14,1122,324
Belgium4611:24,9383,950
Poland4471:85,03113,148
Netherlands4151:40,6926,916
South Africa2901:186,82020,354
Finland1561:35,2354,559
Denmark781:72,3687,171
Czechia621:171,50825,743
Estonia541:24,4784,454
Brazil471:4,554,773120,089
Norway421:122,43516,038
Hungary291:338,49224,545
France261:2,554,720189,486
England221:2,532,63991,802
Spain151:3,116,80265,296
United States141:25,889,924709,614
Slovakia71:762,35073,078
Chile51:3,523,29539,650
Kosovo41:465,46710,032
Peru31:10,594,70845,902
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
China31:455,773,85521,925
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873

The alternate forms: Schroder (16,379) & Schrõder (1) are calculated separately.

Schröder (82) may also be a first name.

Schröder Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Schröder is a German surname, meaning 'tailor'.

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Schröder Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Schröder Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Schröder is found most frequently in Germany. It may also occur in the variant forms: Schroder or Schrõder. For other potential spellings of Schröder click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Schröder? popularity and diffusion

Schröder is the 2,898th most common last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 37,618 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Schröder live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,060,447th most frequently occurring forename in the world, held by 82 people.

Schröder is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is held by 188,859 people, or 1 in 426. In Germany it is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 25 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 19 percent are found and Schleswig-Holstein, where 9 percent are found. Besides Germany this surname occurs in 49 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 1 percent are found and Sweden, where 1 percent are found.

Schröder Last Name Statistics demography

Schröder earn somewhat less than the average income. In Norway they earn 12.97% less than the national average, earning 301,182 kr per year.

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